Money-safe.



J.NUTRY.

MONEY SAFE. APPLIOATION 111.31) 1,120.28, 1908.

7 91825688; Patented Jan 24,1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN NUTRY, 0F RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO .NUTRY & COOK MANUFAC- TURING 60., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MONEY-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

Application filed December 26, 1908. Serial No. 469,386.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN NUTRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgewood, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Money-Safe, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is a money safe or bank for securely holding small de posits, the key being in the possession of a party other than the depositor, this safe being part of a commercial system and intended for the purpose of aiding the depositor in getting discounts on goods purchased at the place where the key is kept.

The peculiar features of this safe are in its form and mode of connecting its parts and the form of its locking device, also a rotary member on the inside of the front and means for rotating it, the front having suitable apertures through which figures on the rotary member can be read.

The accompanying drawing forming part of this specification shows the construction and the peculiar features of this safe to make it especially adapted for the purpose mentioned.

Figure 1 is a front View of the safe, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly sectional. Fig. 3 shows the bottom or open side of the safe and the mechanism for securing it in place. Figs. 4 and 5 show the form of the prongs and perforations that connect the sides of the box. F ig. 6 is a nliodification of the front having a radial s it.

Like figures refer to like parts.

This safe is formed of sheet metal, the front 1 having flanges -5 on three sides, and projecting prongs 7, and having a raised, circular, embossed dial on its face. The back 2 is of the same form as the front, having upturned flanges 5 and projecting prongs 7. The top and sides are in one piece bent to fit into the flanges of the front and back and have a suitably protected opening 3 for a coin entrance, and having perforations 6 into which the prongs 7 are turned and clinched on the inside as shown in Fig. 2. I

4 is the closure for the open side or bot tom; 8 is a lever pivoted near the center of piece 1 and having projecting tongues 8, the lever 8 being held to the plate by rivets in slots 8 9 is a bead pressed inward from each side as shown in Fig. 1; 10 are ears bent up-from the bottom piece 4:; 11 are lugs formed and bent on front and back plates 1 and 2, and perforated at the turning point as at 12, and adapted to receive the ears 10; 13 is a stamped plate having extensions by which it is riveted at 14 to member 4, and having an extension 15 in the form of a spring bearing on the lever 8; 16 represents a key or a key hole of any suitable form; 17 is a raised, circular portion of the front 1; 18 is a metal disk fitting into the depression on the raised portion and secured to a knob 19 by screw 20 so that turning the knob moves the disk; the disk 18 is printed in circles covering the face of the disk, one line of printing surrounding another at different distances from the center. In the round embossed face are perforated slits 21 curved and concentric to match the lines of printing; 22 is a perforation through which printed numbers on the disk can be seen; 23 is a bar placed back of the disk and supported in notches 24: in the sides under the flange 5 as shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 6 is shown a modification of the dial by which lines can be read through a radial slit instead of the concentric form.

The open side or bottom of the safe is closed by inserting the bottom piece 4 when the lever 8 is in the position as shown by the dotted lines, the cars 10 entering the slits 12, and by a suitable key turning the lever 8 so that the tongues 8 pass over the ridges 9 as shown in Fig. 1 to hold the bottom in place.

The disk in the inside of the front of the box have printed on it sentences or phrases or directions.

By turning the knob various readings can be brought to the openings in the dial and a series of, numbers brought to the opening 22, the numbers being a key to the reading of the dial.

The object of the bar 23 placed behind the disk is to hold the disk close in the front depression and prevent the coin from getting between the disk and the front.

The revolving disk having reading matter on its face that can be read through the openings in the front of the safe, in connection with a series of numbers or other figures appearingin the opening near the edge of the disk disclosing only one reading at a time, is for the purpose of admonishing and instructing the depositor as to how and when to make deposits, and information as to time and place to have the safe'opened and for obtaining certain premiums for compliance.

Having described my invention What I Wish to claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A box or safe formed of sheet metal hav ing an open side and beads pressed in from 10 the sides, a movable side having portions formedinto'ears bent so as to enter the perforations' in the lugs on the sides a pivoted lever inside of the movable side, pro ect1onson the pivoted lever adapted to look back of the beads and means for operating the 15 lever, substantially as shown.

JOHN NUTRY. lVitnesses JENNY CHRISTIANSEJ, HERMAN RIOI-ITER. 

